To be in the public hearing record, letters of support or opposition must be received in the zoning office by noon on the Wednesday prior to the Planning Commission and Board of Commissioners' public meetings. Materials received in time are placed in the case file as part of the public record. Materials that arrive too late for the Planning Commission Meeting will be added to the public case file before the Board of Commissioners meeting.
Email letters are acceptable.
The County Staff may not routinely copy and distribute copies of all zoning or variance related letters and email received by the Zoning Division to the Planning Commissioners or to the Board of Commissioners. If you want to be sure and address the Commissions you should address your letters and email to the appropriate Commissioners..
Please send a copy to the Zoning Division for the public file.
The public is invited to present their opinions at both public meetings. Additional materials, letters, petitions, etc can also be entered into the official record at the public hearings.
Of course, I will be glad to receive your suggestions at any time.
Zoning regular mail address:
Mark Danneman
Cobb County Zoning Division
191 Lawrence St
Marietta, GA 30060
County Zoning Division email address:
For rezoning cases:
John Pederson
Cobb County Zoning Division
For variance cases:
Jon Boswell
Cobb County Zoning Division
Board Of Commissioners
Sam Olens - solens@cobbcounty.org
Helen Goreham - hgoreham@cobbcounty.org
Annette Kesting - annette.kesting@cobbcounty.org
Tim Lee - tlee@cobbcounty.org
Joe Lee Thompson - jthompson@cobbcounty.org
Planning Commission
Bob Hovey - bob.hovey@cobbcounty.org
Tom McCleskey - tom.mccleskey@cobbcounty.org
Christi Trombetti - christi.trombetti@cobbcounty.org
Judy Williams - judy.Williams@cobbcounty.org
Murray Homan - murray.homan@cobbcounty.org
The final decision on all zoning cases is made by the Board of Commissioners at their next public zoning meeting. The vote of the Planning Commission represents a recommendation to the BOC. The Planning Commission also develops many of the "stipulations", with the help of staff, that go on to become part of the BOC's final vote.
The final decision on Variance Cases is made by the Planning Commissioners sitting as the Board of Zoning Appeals, with certain exceptions where the Board Of Commissioners has reserved the final decision
Bob Hovey
Planning Commissioner
District 1, northwest Cobb
The Hoveys 770 421-8227
You may have noticed that I haven't made any new posts in the last couple of weeks. I have actually been trying to figure out what direction to go with this site. As I sat here pondering this very question this morning, my husband said "Why don't you just post the question to the readers and ask what they would like to read about?" And that's just what I decided to do!
Tonight is "First Friday" on the Square in Marietta and all of the shops stay open until 8:00pm. In addition, there will also be a an Art Walk, the newest event on the Square. 